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MSPs Think Like Buyers, Notice NOCs
As solution providers move to add managed services to their portfolio, an interesting transformation begins to take place. Rather than thinking along the same lines as somebody trying to sell something, solution providers start to think like buyers, because the product selections that make up the service become technology decisions they have to live with…
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IT Budget Pressures Spell Opportunity
It’s good to be an IT analyst these days. A recent study shows that individuals in those jobs earn an average of $83,500 a year and enjoy plenty of employment opportunities. The study by Money magazine and Salary.com rated IT analyst as the seventh best job in the United States, based on metrics such as…
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The Market Catches Up to D&H
While every vendor and distributor in the land races down to the small and midsize business market, D&H Distributing finds itself in an enviable position: already there. The company has been funneling electronics hardware and software to resellers serving the market for most of its 87-year history, and, in its own words, has been doing…
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Microsoft to Reissue Problem Patch to Fix Lockup Glitches
For some Windows users, there will be two Patch Tuesdays in April. The Redmond, Wash. software maker plans to rerelease the problematic MS06-015 update on April 25 to correct an issue that has caused system hangs, Windows crashes and the appearance of strange dialog boxes after the original patch was installed. “[We have] re-engineered the…
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Introducing the Triple Boot Mac
It was only a matter of time. First, Linux hacker Edgar “Gimli” Hucek got Gentoo Linux running on a Mactel system, an iMac Core Duo. Then, as Windows hackers, spurred on by a cash reward from Colin Nederkoorn of Houston, had just completed their efforts to get the far more troublesome Windows XP to run…
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SecureMyCompany Makes MSP On-Demand for VARs
BellSolutions, an MSP, has launched SecureMyCompany, a hosted management service provider offering for sale by VARs and other MSPs. Using its own MSP bundles on top of Jamcracker Saas (Software as a Service) platform, MSP-turned-vendor SecureMyCompany has put forth an on-demand MSP offering, allows VARs and MSPs to piggyback on SecureMyCompany’s own success. Resellers may…
